Most people know that freezing conditions can play havoc with holiday homes, with bursting water pipes and damp being the main causes of worry; but there’s another issue which needs to be considered when leaving your holiday home over the Winter period, the build up of snow and ice on your roof.
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Last winter we at Leisuredays handled more burst pipe and escape of water insurance claims than ever before thanks to freezing temperatures and widespread and prolonged snow and ice.
This year we want to ensure that as many static caravan and lodge owners as possible don’t have to deal with the upheaval of large scale damage that mother nature can cause over the winter by explaining a few simple precautions.
The 2012 Swift Bordeaux range of static caravans has been one of the company’s most popular ranges since it was introduced some years ago. Here we review the latest version for 2012 – the 2 bedroom, 38ft holiday home.
Research conducted into written off holiday homes by Leisuredays has shown that the average cost of removing debris from a damaged holiday home in addition to resiting and reconnection of a new home is £3500, yet Leisuredays suspects that many owners might not have adequate insurance cover in place to cover the cost.
Leisuredays (and sister brand Caravan Guard) have been “highly commended” at the 2011 UK Broker Awards, which took place at a glitzy event in London on Friday 9th September.
The weather may have been dreary with rain and strong winds and the economic outlook poor but every company we spoke to at the Caravan Extravaganza show in Cottingham, and the show at the adjacent golf club was very upbeat about the future whilst accepting that for the next 12 months at least, things are going to be pretty tough.
Prestige Park & Leisure Homes launched its latest twin unit holiday lodge at this month’s Caravan Extravaganza in Cottingham. Called the Matrix Deluxe it is has two double bedrooms and one single and has been built to residential standard BS3632.
For the 2012 season Willerby Holiday Homes has introduced a new Rio Gold two bedroom static caravan which has been modified for disabled owners. Externally the Rio is very similar to other caravans in the company’s range, the most obvious difference being the entrance which has been widened for wheelchairs.
The ABI Kentmere static caravan was first introduced to the public in 2010 and the model we saw was a prototype; a few design tweaks made to it since then as a result of feedback from several sources have improved it. Read the full review…
